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The Fiscal Impacts of Expanded Voucher Programs and Charter-School Growth on Public Schools: Recommendations for Sustaining Adequate and Equitable School Finance Systems

Policy Brief

David S. Knight and David DeMatthews

November 21, 2024

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NEPC Review: Reassessing ESSA Implementation: An Equity Analysis of School Accountability Systems (EdTrust, September 2024)

NEPC Review

Derek Gottlieb

November 20, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Michael Gottfried About Chronic Absenteeism

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Michael A. Gottfried

November 14, 2024

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NEPC Review: Pennsylvania’s Education Tax Credit Scholarships: How EITC Serves Children and Families in the Commonwealth (Commonwealth Foundation, September 2024)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

November 12, 2024

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NEPC Review: Systemwide and Intervention-Specific Effects of Denver Public Schools’ Portfolio District Strategy on Individual Student Achievement (Center for Education Policy Analysis, University of Colorado Denver, September 2024)

NEPC Review

Robert Shand

November 8, 2024

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The Presidential Election and K-12 Education

Newsletter

November 5, 2024

Teacher Turnover: The Hidden Costs

Newsletter

October 30, 2024

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The Elections and Issues Around Racial and Ethnic Diversity

Newsletter

October 29, 2024

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Austerity or Accountability? State Financial Interventions During Economic Downturns

Newsletter

October 24, 2024

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Community Schools and the Elections

Newsletter

October 22, 2024

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National School Lunch Program and the 2024 Elections

Newsletter

October 17, 2024

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NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Josh Cowen and Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. About Privatization, School Choice, and Culture Wars

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Joshua Cowen, and Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr.

October 15, 2024

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What Will Happen to Bilingual Education After the Elections?

Newsletter

October 10, 2024

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Join These Upcoming Webinars on Youth Organizing

Newsletter

October 8, 2024

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How Can States Make School Voucher Systems More Accountable, Accessible, and Transparent?

Policy Brief

Joshua Cowen and Ryan D. Nowak

October 3, 2024

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Early Childhood Education and the 2024 Elections

Newsletter

October 1, 2024

Testing and Accountability: The Federal Role

Newsletter

September 26, 2024

NEPC Review: Ohio Charter Schools After the Pandemic: Are Their Students Still Learning More Than They Would in District Schools? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, June 2024)

NEPC Review

Bryan Mann

September 24, 2024

Worthy Webinars This Week: Kumashiro Workshops

Newsletter

September 23, 2024

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Federally Funded School Vouchers: Contrasting Party Views

Newsletter

September 19, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With David Houston About Partisanship and Polarization in Ed Policy

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and David Houston

September 17, 2024

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Webinar: Examining the Public Funding of Religious Schools

Newsletter

September 12, 2024

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NEPC Review: Helping Families Navigate the Changing Education Landscape (Cato Institute, June 2024)

NEPC Review

Huriya Jabbar

September 10, 2024

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Strengthening Oversight of Education Savings Account (ESA) Funding for Private and At-Home Schooling

Policy Brief

Luis A. Huerta and Trevor Baisden

September 5, 2024

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Help or Harmful? The Federal Role in Supporting Students with Disabilities in Schools

Newsletter

September 3, 2024

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Protections Against Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination in Schools: The Federal Role

Newsletter

August 29, 2024

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What Role Should the Federal Government Play in Education Policy?

Newsletter

August 22, 2024

Religious Charter School Declared Unconstitutional: A Webinar on OK Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling

FYI

August 16, 2024

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High-Impact Practices in Higher Ed

Newsletter

August 15, 2024

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Title IX Regulations Have Changed. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Newsletter

August 8, 2024

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NEPC Review: The Broken Pipeline: Advanced Education Policies at the Local Level (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, April 2024)

NEPC Review

Eunice S. Han

July 18, 2024

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NEPC Review: “So Hard, But So Rewarding:” How School System Leaders Are Scaling Up Strategic School Staffing Models (Center on Reinventing Public Education, March 2024)

NEPC Review

Elizabeth Stringer Keefe

July 11, 2024

When Schools Spend Less, Do Families Spend More? The Responsiveness of Supplementary Education Spending to Changes in the Local Schooling Context

Resource Document

Thomas Downes and Kieran Killeen

July 4, 2024

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Selling Water to a Whale? Jay-Z’s Support for Vouchers in PA

Newsletter

June 27, 2024

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South Carolina Amicus Brief: Eidson v. South Carolina Department of Education

Resource Document

June 24, 2024

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NEPC Review: Did the Emergence of Ohio Charter Schools Help or Harm Students Who Remained in District Schools? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2024)

NEPC Review

Bryan Mann

June 20, 2024

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NEPC Review: Spark & Sustain: How All the World’s School Systems Can Improve Learning at Scale (McKinsey & Company, February 2024)

NEPC Review

Clara Fontdevila, Antoni Verger, and Adrián Zancajo

June 13, 2024

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What Would Religious Charter Schools Mean for Public Education?

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

June 11, 2024

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Are Latinx Youth Getting the Mental Health Services They Need?

Newsletter

June 6, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Francesca López About Asset-Based Educational Policies, Practices, and Programs

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Francesca López

May 30, 2024

Good Tutoring Helps. But Can It Survive the Pandemic?

Newsletter

May 23, 2024

Developing Youth Power

Newsletter

May 21, 2024

Only 19% of Computer Science Majors Are Female. Can This Approach Help Change That?

Newsletter

May 16, 2024

Critical Policy Research. What It Is. And What It Is Not.

Newsletter

May 14, 2024

Improving Out-of-School Enrichment for Minoritized Youth

Newsletter

May 9, 2024

Janelle Scott Assumes AERA Presidency With Theme of Repair and Renewal

Newsletter

May 7, 2024

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NEPC Review: The Reality of Switchers (EdChoice, March 2024)

NEPC Review

Joshua Cowen

May 3, 2024

Jeannie Oakes, In Our Hearts Forever

Newsletter

April 26, 2024

Pursuing an "Every Child Thrives" Public School System in North Carolina

Resource Document

Kathryn Wiley, Adam York, Tatianna Grant, Michelle Renée Valladares, Kevin G. Welner, Christopher Saldaña, Anna Deese, and John L. Myers

April 25, 2024

Taking Equal Opportunity Rhetoric Seriously: Envisioning and Costing-Out a P–12 Public School System in North Carolina Where Every Child Thrives: A Working Document

Resource Document

Christopher Saldaña, Anna Deese, Kevin G. Welner, Kathryn Wiley, Tatianna Grant, Adam York, Michelle Renée Valladares, and John L. Myers

April 25, 2024

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Project Estimates Price Tag for Equal Educational Opportunity in K-12

Newsletter

April 25, 2024

Paying for College: How Do Students’ Views Differ by Social Class?

Newsletter

April 23, 2024

Gutiérrez, López, Finnigan Honored

Newsletter

April 18, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Paula Arce-Trigatti and Caitlin Farrell About Research-Practice Partnerships

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Paula Arce-Trigatti, and Caitlin Farrell

April 16, 2024

Are Science of Reading Laws Based on Science?

Newsletter

April 11, 2024

The Mythical Great Equalizer School System: Exploring the Potential to Make It Real

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

April 10, 2024

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NEPC Review: Public Education at a Crossroads: A Comprehensive Look at K-12 Resources and Outcomes (Reason Foundation, February 2024)

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

April 10, 2024

Digital Technologies and the Commercialism of Education

FYI

Neil Selwyn and Faith Boninger

April 9, 2024

Communicating About CRT in K-12

Newsletter

April 4, 2024

This April 1st, Is Truth Stranger Than Fiction?

Newsletter

April 1, 2024

The Vexing Disconnect Between Research and Recommendations on School Police

Newsletter

March 28, 2024

How the Practices of Schools of Opportunity Illustrate Recent Research on Learning

Policy Memo

Adam York and Kate Somerville

March 26, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Jonathan Feingold and Joshua Weishart about Discriminatory Censorship Laws

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Jonathan Feingold, and Joshua Weishart

March 21, 2024

NEPC Review: K-12 School Choice Calculator (Reason Foundation and EdChoice, January 2024)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

March 19, 2024

What Happened to Nex Benedict Was Tragic. Why Did It Occur and What Can We Do Next?

Newsletter

March 12, 2024

The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Children, in Five Charts

Newsletter

March 7, 2024

Time for a Pause: Without Effective Public Oversight, AI in Schools Will Do More Harm Than Good.

Policy Brief

Ben Williamson, Alex Molnar, and Faith Boninger

March 5, 2024

Disloyalty Is the Norm: How Choice Undermines Voice

Newsletter

February 29, 2024

NEPC Fellows Honored by the American Educational Research Association

Newsletter

February 27, 2024

Students Lose Out as Cities and States Give Billions in Property Tax Breaks to Businesses − Draining School Budgets and Especially Hurting the Poorest Students

Resource Document

Christine Wen, Danielle McLean, Kevin G. Welner, and Nathan Jensen

February 22, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Van Lac, Ariel Reyes, and Carolina Montez-DeOca About Youth-Led Research

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Van Lac, Ariel Reyes, and Carolina Montez-DeOca

February 15, 2024

The Potential for Land Use and Housing Reform to Address School Segregation and Educational Opportunity

Policy Brief

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley

February 13, 2024

The Potential of Teacher Residencies to Help Recruit and Retain Black Teachers

Newsletter

February 8, 2024

Slavery Caused the Civil War. Do America’s Schoolchildren Know That Fact?

Newsletter

February 6, 2024

Can a “Low-Touch” Intervention Help Make School Choice More Equitable?

Newsletter

February 1, 2024

School Spending Is Unfair. Here’s Why.

Newsletter

January 30, 2024

ICYMI: NEPC’s Top Newsletters of 2023

Newsletter

January 25, 2024

NEPC Review: Still a Good Investment: Charter School Productivity in Nine Cities (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, November 2023)

NEPC Review

Mark Weber

January 23, 2024

The Conflict Over Parents’ Rights

Policy Brief

Vivian E. Hamilton

January 16, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Matthew Kelly About the History of School Finance

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña

January 16, 2024

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Adrienne D. Dixson About Critical Race Theory

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña and Adrienne D. Dixson

December 14, 2023

NEPC Review: The Cost-Effectiveness of Wisconsin’s Private School Choice Programs (School Choice Wisconsin, September 2023)

NEPC Review

Stephen Kotok

December 12, 2023

NEPC Review: From Surviving to Thriving: K-12 Choice and Opportunity for Rural Texas Students and Teachers (The Heritage Foundation, August 2023)

NEPC Review

Amanda U. Potterton, Annah Rogers, and Jeanne M. Powers

December 8, 2023

Equity-Focused Deeper Learning: Three Key Strategies

Newsletter

December 5, 2023

How Discriminatory Censorship Laws Imperil Public Education

Policy Brief

Jonathan Feingold and Joshua Weishart

November 30, 2023

Tricky Marketing? How Schools Sell Themselves to Students

Newsletter

November 28, 2023

NEPC Review: Small Class Sizes for Improving Student Achievement in Primary and Secondary Schools: A Systematic Review (Campbell Collaboration, October 2018)

NEPC Review

Clive Belfield

November 22, 2023

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Christopher Lubienski and Suzanne Eckes About School Choice and Vouchers

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Christopher Lubienski, and Suzanne E. Eckes

November 16, 2023

NEPC Review: Integrating Housing and Education Solutions to Reduce Segregation and Drive School Equity (Urban Institute, August 2023)

NEPC Review

Andrene J. Castro

November 14, 2023

Webinar on Schools of Opportunity a Week From Today

Newsletter

November 9, 2023

Are These Vouchers on Steroids a Trainwreck in Slow Motion?

Newsletter

November 7, 2023

Finnish Schools Have A Lot to Teach Us. Here’s One More Lesson to be Learned

Newsletter

November 2, 2023

2020 Was a Horror Show. Is There Anything We Should Learn From Schools’ Response?

Newsletter

October 31, 2023

Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard College: Eight Takeaways

Newsletter

October 26, 2023

Football Gets Lots of Love. The Colleges? Not So Much.

Newsletter

October 24, 2023

School Integration: A Path Forward

Newsletter

October 18, 2023

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Sarah Lenhoff, Jeremy Singer, and Katherine Michelmore About Education Policy

Podcasts

Christopher Saldaña, Sarah Lenhoff, Jeremy Singer, and Katherine Michelmore

October 17, 2023

Key Policy Issues in School Finance in the COVID-19 and Federal Stimulus Era

FYI

David S. Knight

October 13, 2023

Why What Looked Like Good News for Charter Schools Actually Wasn’t

Resource Document

Valerie Strauss

October 13, 2023

Jamaal Bowman Discusses the "More Teaching Less Testing Act of 2023"

FYI

Jamaal Bowman

October 13, 2023

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